Description

PAIGNTON

SX8861 SOUTHFIELD RISE
1947-1/4/87 (North side)
10/01/75 Nos.12 AND 14
and attached railings to No.14

GV II

Pair of villas, now divided into flats. c1840.
MATERIALS: Rendered; hipped slate roof; stacks with rendered
shafts with platbands.
PLAN: Overall U-plan with 2 wings flanking a central range.
The mirror-plan villas are entered towards the centre.
EXTERIOR: Largely intact. 3-storey wings (ground floor is
actually half-basement of No.14); 2 storeys in the centre.
Symmetrical 3:3:3-bay front. Deep eaves; wings have left and
right pilaster strips; platband at 2nd-floor sill level. The
centre block is recessed with a shallow pedimented gable.
3-bay Doric arcade across front forming a breccia-paved
verandah with round-headed arches carried on paired columns.
Red breccia steps up to the left and right front doors.
Centre bay with a tripartite sash window, 16-pane in the
centre flanked by 2-pane sashes. 6-panel front doors, the
lower panels with fluted mouldings; overlights with diamond
leaded panes. 2 first-floor 12-pane sashes.
The wings have recessed central 6-panel doors to the ground
floor (No.12) and half basement (No.14) with overlights. 2
windows to each floor, mostly 12-pane C19 sashes with some
reglazing in original embrasures on the ground floor. The
right return of the left-hand wing has a round-headed 2-light
window with spoke glazing bars; the left return has access to
the first floor via a French window with glazing bars and deep
overlight and a 2nd floor 12-pane sash.
Rear elevation not seen on survey.
Spearhead railings to half-basement of No.14.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.
This building is a pair with Nos 2 and 4 (qv) and is a
particularly accomplished and self-conscious design in the
classical villa tradition.

Listing NGR: SX8834861327

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503271

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